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|title=Half-Life
|title=Half-Life
|boxart=[[Image:Half-Life Boxart.jpg|250px]]
|image=[[Image:Half-Life Boxart.jpg|250px]]
|developer=[[Valve Software]]
|developer=[[Valve Software]]
|publisher=[[Sierra Entertainment]] ([[PC]]), [[Gearbox Software]] ([[PS2]])
|publisher=[[Sierra Entertainment]] ([[PC]]), [[Gearbox Software]] ([[PS2]])
|categories=[[FPS]]
|genre=[[FPS]]
|systems=[[Windows 9x]], [[PlayStation 2]]
|systems=[[Windows 9x]], [[PlayStation 2]]
|releasedates=[[November 20]], [[1998]] ([[PC]])<br />[[October 29]], [[2001]] ([[PS2]])
|released={{sys|PC}}
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{{us|2001|October 29}}
|players=1-32
|players=1-32
|ESRB=M
|ESRB=M
|followed by=[[Half-Life 2]]
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'''Half-Life''' was developed by [[Valve Software]] and was released on [[November 20]], [[1998]] for the [[PC]]. Half-Life raised the bar on FPSs, combining First Person Shooter action, amazing graphics (for the time), and exciting linear gameplay. The storytelling in the game is revealed level-by-level through several scripted sequences which places the player in new situations. Half-Life has won 50 Game Of The Year awards from major publications and is considered a marvel in gaming.
'''Half-Life''' was developed by [[Valve Software]] and was released on [[November 20]], [[1998]] for the [[PC]]. Half-Life raised the bar for FPSes, combining action, amazing graphics (for the time), and exciting linear gameplay. The storytelling in the game is revealed level-by-level through several scripted sequences which places the player in new situations. Half-Life has won 50 Game Of The Year awards from major publications and is considered a marvel in gaming.


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Image:Half-Life BlackMesaInbound2.jpg|The iconic opening scene of the game.
Image:Half-Life BlackMesaInbound2.jpg|The iconic opening scene of the game.
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Revision as of 23:50, 19 August 2007

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Half-Life was developed by Valve Software and was released on November 20, 1998 for the PC. Half-Life raised the bar for FPSes, combining action, amazing graphics (for the time), and exciting linear gameplay. The storytelling in the game is revealed level-by-level through several scripted sequences which places the player in new situations. Half-Life has won 50 Game Of The Year awards from major publications and is considered a marvel in gaming.

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Story

You are Dr. Gordon Freeman, a theoretical physicist who works at Black Mesa, a secret government facility located in New Mexico. You and your team of scientists are eager to try a new experiment, and you volunteer to be in it. You take a hazard suit and head down to the test chamber. Everything is going well, but a major problem occurs in the experiment and now you and the other survivors must escape from Black Mesa alive.

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Box artwork